So my last post got me thinking- Is there a single favorite image of the year? It is easy to pick your favorite images but could I pick a single favorite for the entire year? This got me thinking about all that photography can represent to a person- desires, accomplishments, awards, goals, fun, etc, etc, […]

Well, it has been a black and white world around here in Vermont of late. We got a big winter storm on Tuesday that dumped a foot of snow then an inch of rain and them more snow overburdening trees, breaking power lines and making any kind of travel very difficult. I have been out […]

“Okay, I get what you wrote about hand holding a telephoto lens when photographing in the daylight- widest f-stop, highest useable ISO, brace if possible, shoot a burst- but how did you get the shot of the owl in the dark? Still hand held?” Yupper! Still hand held. The reason it is hand held is […]

Time to pull the curtain back and let you in on the how-to of some of the photos from Africa. Every picture I took on this last trip I took hand held. Yes I carried both a tripod and a monopod and yes I had them with me whenever I was photographing but there was […]

Here are a few more of my favorite pics from my trip to Uganda. I will start to give some more substantive posts as soon as my small but perfectly formed brain comes back on line. Lots I learned on this trip. Lots I want to share.

Here are some of my favorite images I have taken so far. I actually haven’t taken many photos on this trip- too much bird watching, a lot of mediocre light and a lot of better pictures already in my files. But when the light and animals and the situation has been good. It has been […]

This is a Luci Light. It is an inflatable, plastic, solar powered light, manufactured by Mpowerd, that has all the power necessary to change a person’s life. A Luci light costs about $15 and lasts about 2 years (new Luci Lights will last up to 10 years). It is usually sold to be used by backpackers and […]